Cooked homemade egg pasta vs Plain couscous, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 17% more calories in cooked homemade egg pasta than in plain couscous, cooked (130 vs 111 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol, riboflavin (6.4×), folate (4×), thiamin (2.7×) and 2 more. More in plain couscous, cooked: sodium (2.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
5.3 g protein · 23.5 g carbs · 1.7 g fat
3.8 g protein · 23.1 g carbs (0.1 g sugars) · 0.16 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Cholesterollimit14% vs 0%
41 mg vs 0 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)13% vs 2%
0.17 mg vs 0.027 mg
- Folate15% vs 4%
60 µg vs 15 µg
- Thiamin (B1)14% vs 5%
0.17 mg vs 0.063 mg
- Sodiumlimit4% vs 8%
83 mg vs 189 mg
- Iron6% vs 2%
1.2 mg vs 0.38 mg
- Vitamin B124% vs 0%
0.1 µg vs 0 µg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein5.3 g · 3.8 g11%·8%
- Total fat1.7 g · 0.16 g2%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.41 g · 0.029 g2%·<1%
- Carbohydrates23.5 g · 23.1 g9%·8%
- Potassium21 mg · 58 mg<1%·1%
- Calcium10 mg · 8 mg1%·1%
- Magnesium14 mg · 8 mg3%·2%
- Phosphorus52 mg · 22 mg4%·2%
- Zinc0.44 mg · 0.26 mg4%·2%
- Copper0.056 mg · 0.041 mg6%·5%
- Vitamin A17 µg · 0 µg2%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)1.3 mg · 0.98 mg8%·6%
- Vitamin B60.037 mg · 0.051 mg2%·3%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, manganese, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901), Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.